Comments on: Job interview, aka complete waste of time

By: Cattyinqueens

Cattyinqueens — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:24:30 +0000

Have you seen In The Loop? There’s a great bit in it with a youthful government “big wig” who looks like he’s about 17. It’s hilarious, as is the rest of the film. And it’s full of great profanity ideas.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:20:01 +0000

Your post reminds me of an interview I had a number of years ago with a venture capital firm based out there in NYC. Sure these VC guys had a slick office and such but the minute I walked through the doors I could feel something was off. Sleazy, sketchy. In any case, after a couple of useless interviews with “partners” who looked like they had just gotten their MBAs, they sent a freshie out of college to “interview” me. He did exactly to me what your infant did to you. I ate him alive but for some reason I didn’t walk out on him. Not sure why I didn’t. In any case, never heard back from them and never heard of the firm again and I’m pretty sure they don’t exist anymore.

By: Dalilama

Dalilama — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:05:35 +0000

I was going to go with that originally, but since ‘help’ was right there, I just went with it. Plus, I have never really heard it as WTFH, the H just didn’t seem to fit.

At least people are looking for your attempts at cleverness…

By: Norm

Norm — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:31:33 +0000

Well it seems I got a little too clever for my own good. I was trying to create an acronym with the first letter of each of 4 words. The acronym was “WTFH,” which people may recognize as “What The F***ing Hell.” Clearly that didn’t work, oh well.

By: Dalilama

Dalilama — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:36:31 +0000

Reminds me of my interview with an ‘expanding marketing agency’ looking for everything from entry level to director positions. I just would have had to start out canvassing at stores for 9 months, earning a fee per lead, until I showed I could be leadership material… Oh yeah, and the ‘expansion’ was really only 1 guy, 5 yrs out of college in a 1-office suite looking for more suckers to feed his pyramid… After I expressed my frustration with his misleading job posts and pre-screening process, it appears that they have since adjusted their ads to the more appropriate: ‘Entry Level, Stop being a waiter’ cadre.

Incidentally, not sure if you intended this to happen (since I know you are a true literary genius), but in your list of psychological questionnaire answers, the formatting looked off to me and I noticed that if you take the first few letters from each answer, they make an appropriate phrase for this article:

Wat The Fuc? Help!

By: kelby2012

kelby2012 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:57:27 +0000

That experience remind of the sales insurance interviews I had right after I got my M.B.A.. I kept saying to myself, I can’t believe I spent 3 freakin years in grad school to end up in some bullshit interview, I could have gotten right out of high school. On the one hand, I knew I had to do the job interview because I broke, but on the other hand I knew it was a bullshit interview.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:19:07 +0000

“Fucoid”? I’ve been asked a lot of strange questions on interviews, but that takes the kelp!

By: Norm

Norm — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:21:08 +0000

Yeah, I had a weird feeling going in. I can’t say why exactly. Something just felt off.

I couldn’t find any record of having applied. But that’s not that unusual. Postings on job boards often don’t list the company name.

By: Anya Weber

Anya Weber — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:25:58 +0000

Yeeeccccchhh, how gross. Sorry Norm. Hang in there–not all interviews will be that sleazy.

Curious–Were there any warning signs _before_ they called you in?

Hey, you should cross-post this at “We the ‘Bistro”!

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